Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians. 476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna". 461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again. 403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse. 263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War. 122 BCE – . 2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania 251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town. 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily. 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active. 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily. 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded. 1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake. 1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. 1232 – Political unrest. 1239 – Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily. 1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers. 1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily." 1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built. 1435 – "Social unrest." 1434 – University of Catania opens. 1647 – Political unrest. 1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city. 1687 – (church) construction begins. 1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.

18th–19th centuries 1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins. 1713 – San Benedetto church built. 1737 – Fontana dell'Elefante (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo. 1755 – University Library established. 1817 – February: Earthquake.(it) 1824 – (learned society) formed. 1843 – Catania provincial archives established. 1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established. 1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi." 1866 (cemetery) established. Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated. 1869 – (train station) opens. 1871 – Population: 84,397. 1876 – Observatory established. 1881 – Population: 100,417. 1882 – erected in the Piazza Stesicoro. 1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens. 1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.

20th century

1905 – begins operating. 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed. 1911 – Population: 210,703. 1915 – begins operating. 1929 – Calcio Catania (football club) founded. 1930 – (stadium) opens. 1931 – (library) established. 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens. 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down. 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication. 1949 (transit entity) established. begins operating. 1954 – opens. 1957 – neighborhood. 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded. 1963 – State Archive of Catania active. 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built. 1971 City divided into 26 administrative units.(it) Population: 400,048. 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it) 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor. 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, , San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, , and Trappeto-Cibali.(it) 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens. 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city. 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating. 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.

21st century

2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens. 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held. 2013 City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.(it) Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.

Timeline of Catania

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